Running Scared 5K/13K - Winston Salem

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Running Scared 5K/13K - Winston Salem runsignup.com
Date 02 Oct, 2027
Races 8 distances
Entry fee $30.00 – $55.00
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Running Scared 5K/13K - Winston Salem

About the event

Grab your costumes & kids, or leave all that at home. Come out for the best Halloween themed event of the season and be fast, have a great time, or do both. We'll have plenty of Halloween goodies, plenty of music, and a fun atmosphere at the start and finish line AND FINISHER MEDALS!!!  The 5K & 13K start at 8:30 AM & 9:00 AM at Jamison Park in Winston-Salem, NC.   We'll have an awesome shirts for participants & awards in both races to the top 3 Overall M/F winners, the top 3 M/F Masters winners, Top 3 Overall M/F Grand Master, Top 3 Overall M/F Top 3 Senior Master, and the top 3 in all the regular 5 year Age Groups.

Races offered

02Oct

Deadly Double

Running

Distance
18K
Start time
08:30
Entry fee
$55.00
02Oct

Scaredy Cat 5K

Running

Distance
5K
Start time
08:30
Entry fee
$35.00
02Oct

Scaredy Cat 5K-No Shirt

Running

Distance
5K
Start time
08:30
Entry fee
$30.00
02Oct

Virtual Deadly Double

Running

Distance
18K
Start time
08:30
Entry fee
$36.00
02Oct

Virtual Scaredy Cat 5K

Running

Distance
5K
Start time
08:30
Entry fee
$31.00
02Oct

Heart Pounding 13K

Running

Distance
13K
Start time
09:00
Entry fee
$40.00
02Oct

Heart Pounding 13K-No Shirt

Running

Distance
13K
Start time
09:00
Entry fee
$35.00
02Oct

Virtual Heart Pounding 13K

Running

Distance
13K
Start time
09:00
Entry fee
$31.00

Weather history

3-year monthly averages for October in Winston Salem.

Temperature10.1° / 21.5°
Feels like7.9° / 19.4°
Sunshine hours9h 29m
Rainfall0.8 mm
Snowfall—
Wind10.1 km/h (Light breeze)
Humidity68.5%
Max UV indexModerate (4.0)
Sweat lossModerate
Course conditionsFirm and slightly soft
Sunrise07:28
Sunset18:43

About Winston Salem

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Winston-Salem is a city in and the county seat of Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States. It anchors the Winston-Salem metropolitan statistical area, which is located in the west-to-southwestern area of the Piedmont Triad region. The Winston-Salem Metropolitan Area had an estimated population of 712,206 in 2025. The city of Winston-Salem is located in the northwestern Piedmont Triad region, where the city had an estimated 249,545 residents at the 2020 census and an estimated population of 257,271 in 2025, making it the fifth-most-populous city in North Carolina and the 90th-most-populous city in the United States.

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Race results

Official finishing times from previous editions of Running Scared 5K/13K - Winston Salem.

Place Name Gender Age City Time
🥇 Charlize-Trinity McKenzie F 17 Cedarburg, WI 17:31.34
🥈 Matt Ahrenholz M 32 Winston Salem, NC 25:18.51
🥉 Erin Robbins F 37 O Fallon, IL 25:48.8
4 Joseph Knight M 37 Madison, NC 25:49.48
5 Jamie Byrd M 40 Valdosta, GA 27:08.56

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